September 9 Essence of Time unit in Donbass report (with map)

The Ukrainian side continues to violate the ceasefire. Armed Forces of Ukrainian shelled Donetsk People’s Republic territory by mortars over 80 times during the past night. The enemy shelled Trudovskie and Aleksandrovka villages south-west of Donetsk, as well as Kominternovo and Sakhanka villages on the Mariupol direction. It was relatively calm near Gorlovka and Dokuchaevsk today.

DPR Defense Ministry informs that the Ukrainian army attempted to use a combat drone in the area of Yasinovataya this week.

DPR recon informs about a high number of desertion in the ranks of reservists of the Ukrainian army. According to its data, an average of 10 people who don’t want to be sent to the so-called “anti-terrorist operation” zone, i. e. punitive operation in Donbass, flee from Ukrainian military training grounds every day.